Committees

Student Assembly

Researches, reviews, recommends, and develops projects to improve academic life for the student body; works closely with the Dean of Students and the Faculty Senate to ensure that students’ concerns related to academic policy are voiced effectively to university officials.

The Student Assembly Communications Committee links the assembly with its constituencies by conducting polls, referenda, forums, and hearings. It also publicizes the business and activities of the assembly.

Reviews the policies and initiatives of Dining Services, with a focus on sustainability, nutrition, and student experience. Coordinates with student-led food system efforts across campus to make recommendations to Dining Services and the Assembly regarding changes to existing policies or the formulation of new policies.

Collects ideas, issues and concerns in the area of diversity and inclusion; works on implementable related policies. Implements United Student Body and subsequently reviews it during the process of implementation.

The elections committee is responsible for coordinating, publicizing, and overseeing undergraduate student elections for positions in the Student Assembly as well as four of six undergraduate positions in the University Assembly.

Creates new legislation and enforces past environmental legislation; provides environmental education and outreach in order to better inform students and the campus community about the environment and relevant issues.

This committee dealt with matters of concern in residence halls and the cooperative learning residences; made and reviewed policies that directly affected student life on campus; maintained legislative authority over these areas (i.e. the Department of Campus Life and the Office of the Dean of Students). It has since disbanded and is now listed for the purpose of historical reference.

The committee shall staff any vacant committee positions the Student Assembly (SA) is empowered to staff during meetings in early fall. The committee shall re-evaluate the committee application outreach plan at the end of every spring term. The committee shall also evaluate SA committees’ end of the year report, and determine if the SA committee and/or their composition need to be changed.

The purpose of the task force is to combine efforts of the Cornell University Student Assembly and Residential Student Congress to tackle issues regarding the Net-Print system at Cornell, with respect to its pricing scheme, accessibility, and environmental sustainability and to work with Cornell IT and the Administration to streamline the process of Net-Print system reform.

Coordinates with Student Assembly representatives to create websites as needed for initiatives that improve campus life and require online platforms; works with CIT when possible to update existing websites for the benefit of the Cornell community.